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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…on Netflix. With the big day just a couple of weeks away, the streaming platform’s annual glut of festive movies has arrived, and whether you want romance, comedy, secret Santa antics or a spot of unexpected action, there’s more than enough on offer to warm your heart and jingle your bells. And for the more humbug viewers? May we suggest a monster movie or two? Yep, it’s not such a happy Christmas in certain parts of the chart. So, can Jingle Bell Heist keep things merry and bright with another week in the top spot? Read on for this week’s global most-watched movie countdown… (Picture: Netflix)
10. The Call of the Wild – 3,800,000 views this week
Arriving in tenth spot this week is this 2020 adaptation of Jack London’s classic novel which is finding new life on Netflix after the pandemic cut its cinema release short. The movie follows the adventures of a dog named Buck, who is abducted from his home in California and sent to the Yukon, where he has a string of adventures and forms a powerful bond with a frontiersman (Harrison Ford). It got a mixed response from critics, with many praising Ford’s performance but less certain about the CGI animal effects – but overall this one’s worth a look. (Picture: Merie Wallace)
9. Rio – 3,900,000 views
With the school Christmas holidays incoming, you can expect to see a few family favourites popping up in the charts over the coming weeks – including this 2011 musical comedy, staking its claim to ninth place this week. Rio tells the story of Blu (Jesse Eisenberg), a domesticated macaw who, as the last known male of his species, is taken back to the titular city to mate with female macaw Jewel (Anne Hathaway). However, it all gets complicated when a gang of bird smugglers get involved. (Picture: Moviestore/Shutterstock)
8. In Your Dreams – 4,800,000 views
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More animated fun comes in the shape of Netflix’s newest animated adventure, brought to us from former Pixar talent Alex Woo. In Your Dreams follows siblings Stevie and Elliot as they plunge into a wild dream realm to track down The Sandman. It’s been a hit with critics and viewers alike thanks to its pacing, confident world-building and high-grade animation. (Picture: Netflix)
7. Jay Kelly – 5,100,000 views
Aka the film tipped to land George Clooney another Oscar nomination, Jay Kelly has got off to a decent, if not exactly barnstorming, start in the Netflix charts this week. Clooney stars as the titular actor, who uses a filming break to take an impromptu trip to Europe, in a last-ditch attempt to bond with his daughter before she starts university. If you want a break from blockbusters and fancy an intelligent, charming comedy-drama with a star-packed cast (Adam Sandler is in particularly good form here as Jay’s manager Ron) then this should fit the bill. (Picture: AP)
6. Champagne Problems – 5,200,000 views
You couldn’t get a ruler between the films in the midsection of this week’s chart, with this festive romcom edging ahead of Jay Kelly by a mere smidge. Minka Kelly takes the lead as Sydney Price, a driven executive sent to Paris to buy a champagne vineyard for her bosses before Christmas. Tom Wozniczka is Henri Cassell, the heir she needs to deal with. You can see where this is going as things start out tense between the two of them but inevitably turn slushy. (Picture: Mika Cotellon/Netflix)
5. Troll – 5,300,000 views
With Troll 2 keeping Netflix viewers hooked (more on that later) it’s no surprise to see its 2022 predecessor make a return to the chart. The Norwegian action epic sees a disparate group of people brought together to save the day after an ancient giant troll is awakened in a local mountain and starts to wreak inevitable havoc. Can they stop the monster in its tracks before it destroys Oslo? We would give you a hint but that would be trolling. (Picture: Netflix)
4. KPop Demon Hunters – 8,600,000 views
The behemoth that is KPop Demon Hunters has now been in the Netflix charts for 25 – count ’em! – weeks. And it’s still in the top five, still picking up nearly nine million views and further cementing its status as the streaming platform’s biggest movie of all time. Just in case you are one of the scant handful of people who hasn’t seen it yet, the animated adventure is about a South Korean girl band who live a double life as demon hunters – handy when a certain rival boy band appear on the scene. It has this week been nominated for a Golden Globe – will the Oscars follow? Time will tell. (Picture: NETFLIX)
3. Jingle Bell Heist – 10,400,000
Last week’s number one slips down the chart but it’s still raking in the viewers. A fun festive heist movie set in London, it stars Heart Eyes’ Olivia Holt as Sophie, a cash-strapped retail worker, and SAS: Rogue Heroes star Connor Swindells as Nick, a former convict down on his luck. They team up to rob a swanky department store on Christmas Eve, only to find their shaky alliance complicated by all manner of romance and secrets. Expect to see some familiar faces in support – notably Lucy Punch (Amandaland) and Peter Serafinowicz, who play the duplicitous store-owner and his wife. (Picture: Netflix)
2. My Secret Santa – 18,100,000 views
There are many weeks when this sparkling new romcom would have brought its festive cheer to the top spot – but My Secret Santa has to be content with the runner-up position, in spite of racking up an incredible amount of views over the past week. This bit of seasonal fluff stars Alexandra Breckenridge as a single mother who needs to get a job to pay for her daughter’s snowboarding lessons. So what does she do? Disguises herself as Father Christmas in order to land the job of ski resort Santa. So far so good. Until, with crushing inevitability, she starts falling for her boss. (Picture: Netflix/Everett/Shutterstock)
1. Troll 2 – 29,300,000 views
In the season of good cheer and fun times, Netflix viewers have flocked, en masse, to a movie about a huge monster posing a grave threat to humanity. Yep, the sequel to 2022’s smash hit has clocked up a huge number of views in its opening week, seeing off every last grotto, snowman and sprig of mistletoe in its wake. The sequel is based on a project to build a railway through the Dovre Mountains and how it awakens a sleeping giant after 1,000 years of captivity. Cue the inevitable mayhem as Oslo once again comes under threat. If Troll 2 carries on like this, it’s on track to not only crush the Christmas competition but also steal the title of Netflix’s biggest non-English language movie of all time. From, of all things, the original Troll. Now that’s one big battle. (Picture: Netflix, Inc. All Rights Reserved)Add Metro as a Preferred Source on GoogleAdd as preferred source
3 days agoNew York StateComments Off on The 10 movies Netflix fans can’t stop watching as new entry gets 29,000,000 views
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…on Netflix. With the big day just a couple of weeks away, the streaming platform’s annual glut of festive movies has arrived, and whether you want romance, comedy, secret Santa antics or a spot of unexpected action, there’s more than enough on offer to warm your heart and jingle your bells. And for the more humbug viewers? May we suggest a monster movie or two? Yep, it’s not such a happy Christmas in certain parts of the chart. So, can Jingle Bell Heist keep things merry and bright with another week in the top spot? Read on for this week’s global most-watched movie countdown… (Picture: Netflix)
10. The Call of the Wild – 3,800,000 views this week
Arriving in tenth spot this week is this 2020 adaptation of Jack London’s classic novel which is finding new life on Netflix after the pandemic cut its cinema release short. The movie follows the adventures of a dog named Buck, who is abducted from his home in California and sent to the Yukon, where he has a string of adventures and forms a powerful bond with a frontiersman (Harrison Ford). It got a mixed response from critics, with many praising Ford’s performance but less certain about the CGI animal effects – but overall this one’s worth a look. (Picture: Merie Wallace)
9. Rio – 3,900,000 views
With the school Christmas holidays incoming, you can expect to see a few family favourites popping up in the charts over the coming weeks – including this 2011 musical comedy, staking its claim to ninth place this week. Rio tells the story of Blu (Jesse Eisenberg), a domesticated macaw who, as the last known male of his species, is taken back to the titular city to mate with female macaw Jewel (Anne Hathaway). However, it all gets complicated when a gang of bird smugglers get involved. (Picture: Moviestore/Shutterstock)
8. In Your Dreams – 4,800,000 views
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More animated fun comes in the shape of Netflix’s newest animated adventure, brought to us from former Pixar talent Alex Woo. In Your Dreams follows siblings Stevie and Elliot as they plunge into a wild dream realm to track down The Sandman. It’s been a hit with critics and viewers alike thanks to its pacing, confident world-building and high-grade animation. (Picture: Netflix)
7. Jay Kelly – 5,100,000 views
Aka the film tipped to land George Clooney another Oscar nomination, Jay Kelly has got off to a decent, if not exactly barnstorming, start in the Netflix charts this week. Clooney stars as the titular actor, who uses a filming break to take an impromptu trip to Europe, in a last-ditch attempt to bond with his daughter before she starts university. If you want a break from blockbusters and fancy an intelligent, charming comedy-drama with a star-packed cast (Adam Sandler is in particularly good form here as Jay’s manager Ron) then this should fit the bill. (Picture: AP)
6. Champagne Problems – 5,200,000 views
You couldn’t get a ruler between the films in the midsection of this week’s chart, with this festive romcom edging ahead of Jay Kelly by a mere smidge. Minka Kelly takes the lead as Sydney Price, a driven executive sent to Paris to buy a champagne vineyard for her bosses before Christmas. Tom Wozniczka is Henri Cassell, the heir she needs to deal with. You can see where this is going as things start out tense between the two of them but inevitably turn slushy. (Picture: Mika Cotellon/Netflix)
5. Troll – 5,300,000 views
With Troll 2 keeping Netflix viewers hooked (more on that later) it’s no surprise to see its 2022 predecessor make a return to the chart. The Norwegian action epic sees a disparate group of people brought together to save the day after an ancient giant troll is awakened in a local mountain and starts to wreak inevitable havoc. Can they stop the monster in its tracks before it destroys Oslo? We would give you a hint but that would be trolling. (Picture: Netflix)
4. KPop Demon Hunters – 8,600,000 views
The behemoth that is KPop Demon Hunters has now been in the Netflix charts for 25 – count ’em! – weeks. And it’s still in the top five, still picking up nearly nine million views and further cementing its status as the streaming platform’s biggest movie of all time. Just in case you are one of the scant handful of people who hasn’t seen it yet, the animated adventure is about a South Korean girl band who live a double life as demon hunters – handy when a certain rival boy band appear on the scene. It has this week been nominated for a Golden Globe – will the Oscars follow? Time will tell. (Picture: NETFLIX)
3. Jingle Bell Heist – 10,400,000
Last week’s number one slips down the chart but it’s still raking in the viewers. A fun festive heist movie set in London, it stars Heart Eyes’ Olivia Holt as Sophie, a cash-strapped retail worker, and SAS: Rogue Heroes star Connor Swindells as Nick, a former convict down on his luck. They team up to rob a swanky department store on Christmas Eve, only to find their shaky alliance complicated by all manner of romance and secrets. Expect to see some familiar faces in support – notably Lucy Punch (Amandaland) and Peter Serafinowicz, who play the duplicitous store-owner and his wife. (Picture: Netflix)
2. My Secret Santa – 18,100,000 views
There are many weeks when this sparkling new romcom would have brought its festive cheer to the top spot – but My Secret Santa has to be content with the runner-up position, in spite of racking up an incredible amount of views over the past week. This bit of seasonal fluff stars Alexandra Breckenridge as a single mother who needs to get a job to pay for her daughter’s snowboarding lessons. So what does she do? Disguises herself as Father Christmas in order to land the job of ski resort Santa. So far so good. Until, with crushing inevitability, she starts falling for her boss. (Picture: Netflix/Everett/Shutterstock)
1. Troll 2 – 29,300,000 views
In the season of good cheer and fun times, Netflix viewers have flocked, en masse, to a movie about a huge monster posing a grave threat to humanity. Yep, the sequel to 2022’s smash hit has clocked up a huge number of views in its opening week, seeing off every last grotto, snowman and sprig of mistletoe in its wake. The sequel is based on a project to build a railway through the Dovre Mountains and how it awakens a sleeping giant after 1,000 years of captivity. Cue the inevitable mayhem as Oslo once again comes under threat. If Troll 2 carries on like this, it’s on track to not only crush the Christmas competition but also steal the title of Netflix’s biggest non-English language movie of all time. From, of all things, the original Troll. Now that’s one big battle. (Picture: Netflix, Inc. All Rights Reserved)Add Metro as a Preferred Source on GoogleAdd as preferred source
